SPACE DIPLOMACY – FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

Space is a new area for diplomacy. Diplomacy plays an important role in all
domains from culture, science, and technology, and is a field that focuses on
international relations between states. It facilitates communication and exchange of
knowledge between states, and is a discipline that has evolved. A new type of
diplomacy that has emerged in recent years is “space diplomacy”, which is
responsible for arms control and maintaining the “peaceful uses of outer space”.
Weaponization and the militarization of space are important and sensitive policy
issues for states. The defense of space, and using space for defense, are issues that
are now being discussed between diplomats worldwide. Many issues are also being
negotiated by international space organizations. This article presents the new
discipline of space diplomacy and examines its future by analyzing legal documents
negotiated by the international community. The article is relevant to debates on the
legal and political aspect of space security and the peaceful use of space for
commercial purposes.

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